Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RUE-FUL
RUE-FUL, a. [ru'full. rue and full.]
- Woful; mournful; sorrowful; to be lamented. Spur them to rueful work. Shak.
- Expressing sorrow. He sigh'd and cast a rueful eye. – Dryden.
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